Writing Craft
Where this publication began: drafting, revising and building a writing habit, with exercises you can try on today’s work.
Start here: Finish a first draft · Read your work aloud
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How to Write Concisely: Five Kinds of Words You Can Cut Today
A practical editing guide to wordiness: obvious detail, filler modifiers, repetition, redundant pairs and redundant categories, with before-and-after examples and a word-count table.
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Plain Language: How to Write So Busy Readers Understand You the First Time
What plain language means, the US government guidance behind it, and five practical habits (audience, active voice, present tense, uncovered verbs and short paragraphs) with before-and-after…
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The Plain-English Edit: Seven Cuts That Make Any Paragraph Stronger
Seven small cuts, made one pass at a time, turn a padded paragraph into a clear one, with examples and guidance from the UK and US…
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How to Write a First Draft Without Editing Yourself to a Standstill
A step-by-step method for getting a rough draft on the page: keep making and fixing apart, mark problems instead of solving them, and revise from big…
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The Editing Pass Most Writers Skip
Before you fix a single comma, check whether the draft works: a six-pass structural edit with a reverse outline, based on university writing-centre guidance.
The Sunday Letter
One useful read, every Sunday.
A short note from the editors with the week’s most practical article. No hype, no daily blasts.